Location-Based Service System Using Real-Time Movement Traces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current location-based services rely on single coordinate inputs or require users to actively record location traces for extended periods, limiting their ability to utilize map data and past user behavior for optimized results.
Innovation Solution
A system that determines and returns contemporaneous location traces and service parameters to applications, allowing for immediate access to a user's movement history, enabling more accurate and relevant location-based services without the need for prolonged data recording.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If current location-based services use single coordinate inputs or require extended recording periods, then device resource burden is reduced, but service accuracy and relevance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously collecting and storing location trace data in the background without requiring user intervention. This pre-collected data is then immediately available when needed, eliminating the need for extended recording periods while maintaining high service accuracy through access to comprehensive movement history.
2Adaptability or versatility
If location traces are continuously recorded in real-time, then service relevance is improved, but device energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that receives, stores, and processes location trace data. The mobile device sends location information to the server, which then provides processed location-based services. This distributes the computational burden and data storage requirements, reducing energy consumption on the mobile device while maintaining service relevance through access to comprehensive location history.
3Measurement precision
If extended location recording is required, then prediction accuracy is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically collecting location trace data in the background without requiring user activation or intervention. The service operates autonomously, continuously gathering movement history and making predictions based on this data, thereby maintaining high prediction accuracy while preserving user convenience through hands-free operation.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for providing contemporaneous traces of user movement for algorithms and methods of location-based applications and/or services. The location traces platform determines a request, from one or more applications, for location information associated with at least one device. The location traces platform determines one or more location traces associated with the at least one device, wherein the one or more location traces represent at least a portion of a movement history associated with the at least one device. The location traces platform causes, at least in part, a return of the one or more location traces, one or more service parameters, one or more service suggestions, or a combination there of to the one or more applications in response to the request.